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I was there in 86 as well. Wasn't that the Rahal year? Lots of rain delays and I think the race got moved to Monday or Tuesday. I left right from work and fell asleep on a shady hillside in the infield. Got to see the start, then woke up to see the last 20 or so laps.
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BTW, I agree with GH. It's a Chevy, guys. Breaking is what they do best.
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Once again, Bill is full of intestinal squeeze.
3 out of my last 5 cars have been Chevrolets. The others being a Ford and a Cadillac. The Chevies have needed the fewest parts and that said, my Vette is by far easiest to work on.
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If so, then why was he still on the gas in the middle of the slide, and why did he never try to turn into the slide??? A Mo, plain and simple. He should stick with Corsicas! Allen |
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All kidding aside, I think something broke on the car as you suspect or he ran into the"marbles" on the track. |
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It's funny that the announcers on TV thought the driver was Oriol Servia, a vetern IndyCar driver but they were just as surprized to see it was Mark Reuss. |
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Rubber "marbles" could be another likely culprit in addition to something breaking in the steering linkage.
Good call- probably the most likely cause, but would be a strange spot for marbles to be on the track. The track/pace cars are equipped with ultra-sticky tires that do not require "heat" to grab really well. That was about $8K worth of carbon fiber front fascia damage.
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Looks to me like he was pretty much in the racing line. He may have been just a little inside, but marbles don't accumulate near as bad on the inside of a turn as on the outside. I believe he just had too much throttle for that little bump. That's exactly where his rear end breaks loose.
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Nothing broke until he smacked the wall.
D'oh! |
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